No driving, no Priceline, just a three-day cruise to The Bahamas on the Carnival Sensation. I’d been promising the girl-child a cruise for quite a while, but she didn’t have a passport and I could swear that I’d heard you…
4/10/2013 – 4/14/2013 Miles MPG Average Speed 1810 48 60 A Note About Mileage: I ran a little experiment on this trip. Usually I drive a bit over the speed limit – so around 74 MPH on…
4/4/2013 – 4/7/2013 Miles MPG Average Speed Raleigh-Durham, NC 1416 44 56 Driving listening: 4/4/2013 – 4/7/2013 Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park (3.5 star) $51.96 (inc. tax & fees)Bid: $41 + $10…
3/28/2013 – 3/31/2013 Miles MPG Average Speed 665 43.5 52 Driving listening: 3/28/2013 – 3/31/2013 Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings Wingate By Wyndham Savannah Airport (2.5 stars) $50.27$40 bid + $10 bonus cash $97.66 ($87.20)…
Miles MPG Average Speed 1138 44 55 Driving listening: 3/14/2013 – 3/17/2013 Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings The Westin Atlanta Airport (4-star) $50.96$40 bid + $10 bonus cash $88.48 ($79) $37.52 43% I spent a…
At first blush, flying seemed like the best choice. A 29-hour drive would have been excessive. But while the return flight was mostly okay, the results of the I’d Drive an Hour to Avoid That game on the flight to…
Priceline Retail $ Savings % Savings Delta – Melbourne to Colorado Springs $280$230 bid$50 tx&fee $339$309 base$30 tx&fee $59 17% Alamo Compact Car $14.64 / day $19.53 $4.89 25% Courtyard by Marriott (3-star) $42.20 / day $61.60 $19.40 31%…
Miles MPG Average Speed 248 39.2 56 Mileage dropped for this trip because I had a 14’ kayak on top of the car. But still superior mileage to what I’d get with the same boat on…
Miles MPG Avg. Speed 1326.8 42.1 60 Priceline* Hotel* $ Savings % Savings New Orleans Downtown Marriott At The Convention Center (4-star) $73.46 ($61) $178.08 ($159) $104.62 59% * New hotel data format. Priceline amount includes all…
Anyone who’s traveled to a city knows the state of hotel parking. $60/day in downtown San Francisco, $50/day in D.C., more in New York. So when I went to New Orleans recently I was unsurprised that parking was $31/day at…